thanks for your consideration, your points are well taken. mind you, i'm not suggesting changing the current icon, i am very well aware of its appeal. still, i personally don't like it, and just experimented a little.
as for the shortcomings of "my" set of icons, i'm sure they will become more refined over time. (eg, a recognition factor is easy enough to implement, and the signal strength division is rather arbitrary and will most likely also change.) thanks, Sven On Mon, 2005-02-21 at 11:56 +0100, Rene Rask wrote: >On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 23:11 -0500, Sven wrote: >> hi, >> >> i don't really like the WinXP look and feel of NM's signal strength >> icon :-| in addition, it only indicates strengths in the regions 100% < >> 75% < 50% < 25% < 0% (for what it's worth anyway). i quite like gwlan's >> icon, nevertheless i decided to come up with "my own" design (which >> probably already exists out there). i'm as bold as to suggest to change >> NM's icons, but if somebody out there wants a more refined set of panel >> icons for the signal strength, here's a patch and a link to a set of >> icons (that need to be copied to NM's panel-applet/icons/ directory >> before compiling). the strength range is 100 < 85 <65 < 45 < 25 < 5 < >> 0, and the color changes according to the signal strength range. it's >> certainly not perfect and not meant for everybody, but i thought i'd >> share it with the NM world - maybe somebody finds it useful (i.e., likes >> it or feels inspired to do her/his own icons). > >I must admit that I like the current icon. >- It clearly show that you are connected. >- It shows the strength of the signal and if you need more detail, you >can hover the pointer above it. >- It resembles the signal strength icon on many mobile phones which is a >big plus. > >Your icon on the other hand has no recognition factor _at all_. >The icon "disappears" with low signal strength. >The clue as to how strong the signal is is gone. You don't have a visual >reference for maximum strength when your strength is low. >I mean, its like saying "strength is 5" without also making clear that >it is 5 out of 10 with 10 being the strongest. > >If you really want a new icon I would suggest it be made a theme option. >The current one is a perfect match for bluecurve and more importantly it >is obviously a strength indicator. > >That is just my opinion of course. > >Cheers >Rene > > > >_______________________________________________ >NetworkManager-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
